{"product_id":"the-magnificent-ambersons-paperback","title":"The Magnificent Ambersons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBooth Tarkington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1918, \u003cb\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/b\u003e chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The protagonist of Booth Tarkington's great historical drama is George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the family's magnificence. Eclipsed by a new breed of developers, financiers, and manufacturers, this pampered scion begins his gradual descent from the midwestern aristocracy to the working class. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today \u003cb\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/b\u003e is best known through the 1942 Orson Welles movie, but as the critic Stanley Kauffmann noted, \"It is high time that [the novel] appear again, to stand outside the force of Welles's genius, confident in its own right.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003cb\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/b\u003e is perhaps Tarkington's best novel,\" judged Van Wyck Brooks. \"[It is] a typical story of an American family and town--the great family that locally ruled the roost and vanished virtually in a day as the town spread and darkened into a city. This novel no doubt was a permanent page in the social history of the United States, so admirably conceived and written was the tale of the Ambersons, their house, their fate and the growth of the community in which they were submerged in the end.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1918, The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The protagonist of Booth Tarkington's great historical drama is George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the family's magnificence. Eclipsed by a new breed of developers, financiers, and manufacturers, this pampered scion begins his gradual descent from the midwestern aristocracy to the working class. \u003cbr\u003eToday The Magnificent Ambersons is best known through the 1942 Orson Welles movie, but as the critic Stanley Kauffmann noted, \"It is high time that [the novel] appear again, to stand outside the force of Welles's genius, confident in its own right.\" \u003cbr\u003e\"The Magnificent Ambersons is perhaps Tarkington's best novel,\" judged Van Wyck Brooks. \"[It is] a typical story of an American family and town--the great family that locally ruled the roost and vanished virtually in a day as the town spread and darkened into a city. This novel no doubt was a permanent page in the social history of the United States, so admirably conceived and written was the tale of the Ambersons, their house, their fate and the growth of the community in which they were submerged in the end.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooth Tarkington (1869-1946), a prolific writer who achieved overnight success with his first novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Gentleman from Indiana \u003c\/b\u003e(1899), is perhaps best remembered as the author of the popular Penrod adventures and \u003cb\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/b\u003e (1916). He was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize for the novel \u003cb\u003eAlice Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (1921).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337396547686,"sku":"9780375752506","price":30.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/L_e-QWlVlg9780375752506.webp?v=1768513845","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-magnificent-ambersons-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}